Honest Scrap

The Honest Scrap Award. This award is about bloggers who post from their heart, who oftentimes put their heart on display as they write from the depths of their soul.

Prairie Bren passed this on to me (love this lady) and truly I think there could be no greater compliment. This morning as I read from the book “The Remarkable Prayers of the Bible” by Jim George my heart was warmed by the following quote;

“Abraham built altars as he moved through the land God promised to him. He offered sacrifices on these altars. These altars of worship, set up in the midst of a pagan world, served as a public witness to Abraham’s commitment to the one true God…

By this one act (building a public altar in a pagan world) you make a statement. “I owe everything to the providence and provision of God. I am one of HIs people, and I am acknowledging my dependence on Him, even down to the very food I eat.” Have you built any altars lately? Have you publicly shown your devotion to God?’

The book equated praying publicly over meals as a simple “altar” in a pagan culture. There are many other examples. For me, I’ve come to see each blog post here is a little verbal altar of confession, devotion, worship and fellowship, little "scraps" if you will, of my devotion to God. I count it a joy and privilege to mark the journey with simple sticks and stones, gems and jewels, whatever it is that graces my path on this journey of life and I count it a gift to count each of you as friends.

There are some simple rules to accept this award:
List 10 honest things about yourself, hopefully interesting.

Well, I’m not going to reinvent the wheel here, I will direct you to this post and let you pick the ten that tickle your fancy *grin*.

Pass the award on to 7 bloggers.

Jennifer at Getting Down With Jesus (you know I love you).

Cynthia at Girl in a Glass House (nothing hidden with this girl, and the glimpses within her glass walls reveal passion and beauty laid bare in every nook and cranny)

Deb at He Gave Me a Dream (what a beautiful Titus 2 example)

Ann at Holy Experience (what’s to be said? Her heart is an open book that is laden with endless gifts to to the giver of grace..)

Emily at Imperfect Prose (newly discovered home girl, just LOVE the raw and honest glimpses into her poetic and beautiful heart).

Jenni at One Thing. (it doesn’t get more raw, real, roll-on-the-floor- laughing one time or suffer-a-lump-in-your-throat-while-you-cry the next than this.)

Andrea at The Flourishing Mother. This girl is beautiful. She is grace personified, even when life is flying apart at the seams. Love her.